“We in Latvian Academy of Sport Education have equipment of local vibrostimulation, that is portable and can therefore be better included in the training process of various kinds of sports.”

Vibrostimulating the athletes with the RE21 paid off, say the investigators, at least in Olympic scenarios where a few-hundredths-of-a-second advantage might be crucial.

“Summarizing the study results, we can conclude that vibrostimulation has effect, the experimental group result in bobsleigh push from standing position increased by 0.04sec, while the control group by 0.07sec after applying local vibrostimulation.”